PT · 2002 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Portugal, 2002
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
39
Portugal, 2002
▼ 7.1% vs 2001 (42)
Analysis
In 2002, Portugal's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) decreased by 7.1% compared to 2001, reaching 39.
Portugal accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 45,897.
Portugal ranks 18th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 77.3% (from 22 in 1997).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2002
#18 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2002
0.1%
EU-27: 45,897
Portugal timeline (last 15 years)
2003 2017
Source:
Eurostat · pat_ep_ntot